[Spacewalk-list] Cloning channel from script

[Darryl Baker]

I’ve been playing a bit with the spacewalk-create-channel command. Two things I’ve noticed:

You must specify the update level and there is no way that I can find to just select the “latest update.”

Then once I make the clone the GUI shows no errata in the new channel whereas when I make the clone through the RHSS console the channel has a list of them.

I would like to just say the latest update and see the errata attached to the clone. Anyone have any thoughts?

Regards,

Darryl

From: spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Darryl Baker
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 9:12 AM
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I’m only doing a few hundred machines at the moment but we are growing fast. Scripts to modify the channels systems are using as well as making the channel clones would be great. Thank you for offering. If You would post the collection to GitHub, please.


Regards,

Darryl

From: spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com> [mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Franky Van Liedekerke
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I have several perl scripts that do all that: create new cloned channels, subscribe servers to the new channels, update kickstart profiles and activation keys.
Even a extra web interface in php and perl crontab to manage the patching of thousands of servers via spacewalk.
If interested, I can put them on github ...

Franky
Darryl Baker <darryl.baker at texturacorp.com<mailto:darryl.baker at texturacorp.com>> schreef op 11 mei 2015 17:08:53 CEST:
I’m using Red Hat Satellite 5.7. Each month I clone the distribution channels so I can have sets of machines at the identical patch level and those patches can be worked through the testing cycle before being applied in production. Currently I am doing this manually through the GUI. A mindless, time consuming thing. I would like to set up scripts to do this for me. Any clues on how to do this will be much appreciated.






Regards,


Darryl Baker
Textura Corporation
Linux Engineer Application Support
1405 Lake Cook Road
Deerfield, Illinois 60015
Office Phone - 847-235-8467
Email – darryl.baker at texturacorp.com<mailto:darryl.baker at texturacorp.com>
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